Instructions to make isolation wards in hospitals, alert at airports… India ready to deal with Mpox

The government has taken precautionary measures after Monkeypox was declared a Global Public Health Emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). Sources in the Health Ministry told ‘Aaj Tak’ that in view of this situation, emergency wards are being prepared and an alert has been issued at the airports. These instructions were given to hospitalsAccording

One or three, how many cases of Mpox in Pakistan? Different reports created confusion

There is confusion regarding Mpox virus in Pakistan. On Friday, an Islamabad government official confirmed a patient of mpox. In the report prepared by the provincial authorities, information about three cases has been given. Both reports contradict each other. Health Ministry spokesperson Sajid Shah said the only confirmed patient, in whom MPox virus was found,

Mpox is raising concerns once again, WHO declared public health emergency for the second time in two years

Mpox can be spread by close contact. It is usually mild and in rare cases it is fatal. This causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled wounds on the body. Designating a disease as a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’ (PHEIC), WHO’s highest level of alert, can accelerate research, funding, and international measures and cooperation to